# Guides to keeping records

> How long to keep what, and what to do when someone asks to see it. Each guide cites the law it relies on and leaves the final call to you, because the right period depends on the work you do.

Source: https://unforged.ai/folio/guides

- [How long should a law firm keep client files?](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/how-long-to-keep-client-files.md): How long a law firm should keep closed client files, the limitation periods to work back from, and how folio will hold each file to your policy.
- [How long to keep accounting records in the UK](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/accounting-records-retention.md): How long UK companies, sole traders and their accountants must keep accounting and tax records, with the law behind each period, and how folio will help.
- [How long to keep HR records](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/hr-records-retention.md): The HR records UK law sets a minimum period for, how to decide the rest under UK GDPR, and how folio will keep each person's records in their own folder.
- [How long should a landlord keep tenancy records?](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/how-long-to-keep-tenancy-records.md): How long landlords and letting agents in England should keep tenancy agreements, deposit papers and certificates, and how folio will help.
- [What is a legal hold, and how do you run one?](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/what-is-a-legal-hold.md): What a legal hold is, when you'll need one, how to run one step by step and how to lift it, and how folio will hold records until two people release them.
- [Answering an audit request](https://unforged.ai/folio/guides/answering-an-audit-request.md): How to answer a request from an auditor, HMRC, a regulator or a member of the public, the deadlines the law sets, and how folio will help.

Also: [records retention glossary](https://unforged.ai/folio/glossary.md), [folio vs a shared drive or cloud folder](https://unforged.ai/folio/compare/shared-drive.md) and [folio vs a document management system](https://unforged.ai/folio/compare/document-management-system.md).